On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 18:28:31 -0600, Michael Elliott <michaelelliott at mac.com> wrote: > <sigh> I applied the update, and now I can't launch System > Preferences, despite repairing the volumes ahead of time, running > permissions, rebooting, etc. > > I get a crash-on-launch of System Preferences every time now. > Did you have any 3rd party prefs installed? (such as the dreaded Application Enhancer thing from Unsanity, Synergy, USB Overdrive, etc.) If so, then look in Library/PreferencePanes (both root and Home) and drag anything there to the desktop, restart and try again. You might also try dumping com.apple.systempreferences.plist from ~/Library/Preferences and see if that helps. -- Judi Sohn, judi at momathome.com Mom at Home Design, http://www.momathome.com AIM: JudiS217